The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2163
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
8:10 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2969
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 330.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.49° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.96° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.